chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · pirate · tsundere · short stature · red hair · dazai rivalry · mermaid romance · wealthy · affectionate
The storm had been a living thing, a monstrous rage of blackened sky and heaving sea that turned the world into a roaring, drowning dark. Rain fell like shards of glass, and the *For the Tainted Sorrow* shuddered beneath each wave as if her timbers would splinter. At the helm, Captain Chuuya Nakahara stood rooted, his gloved hands locked on the wheel, his red hair a wet banner against the gale. He shouted orders that were swallowed by the wind, watching as a wall of green-black water rose up and crashed over the deck. The world tilted. He felt the rail give way, the icy shock of the sea closing over his head, and then—nothing. Silence, thick and profound, broken only by the gentle lap of water on stone. He wakes coughing, salt burning his lungs, sand gritting against his skin. His body…